Security Posture Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 397 462
Rank change year-on-year +103 +65 -65
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 91 59 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.25% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.52% 0.77% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 50 31
10th Percentile - £363 £363
25th Percentile £413 £418 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £491 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -18.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £635 £649 £694
90th Percentile £825 £719 £813
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £613
% change year-on-year - -10.28% -5.69%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,981 7,647 9,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.14% 32.53% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,582 5,163 6,728
10th Percentile £208 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £614 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 435 456
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.36
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.43
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.58 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +36.00% -18.24% +4.90%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +58 45 £425 -35.85% 4
Midlands +40 15 £570 +8.57% 8
North of England +28 13 £590 -11.94% 14
South East +15 12 £815 +44.89% 17
West Midlands +32 11 £616 +2.71% 5
North West +24 11 £590 -9.23% 8
Scotland +30 7 £575 +26.10% 5
East Midlands +21 3 £400 -23.81% 3
Yorkshire +26 2 - - 4
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.40%) Confluence
2 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.10%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 27 (29.67%) Azure
2 16 (17.58%) AWS
3 9 (9.89%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (5.49%) GCP
5 4 (4.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (4.40%) AWS CloudTrail
5 4 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (4.40%) OpenShift
5 4 (4.40%) PaaS
6 3 (3.30%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (2.20%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.20%) GitHub
7 2 (2.20%) IaaS
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (18.68%) Firewall
2 13 (14.29%) Network Security
3 6 (6.59%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (6.59%) Cisco ISE
3 6 (6.59%) VPN
4 2 (2.20%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.20%) LAN
4 2 (2.20%) WAN
4 2 (2.20%) Wireless
5 1 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.10%) DHCP
5 1 (1.10%) DNS
5 1 (1.10%) Internet
5 1 (1.10%) MPLS
5 1 (1.10%) SAN
5 1 (1.10%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.10%) MySQL
1 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.40%) Bitbucket
1 4 (4.40%) JIRA
2 2 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.10%) Burp Suite
General
1 20 (21.98%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.69%) Banking
4 6 (6.59%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (5.49%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.49%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.20%) Automotive
6 2 (2.20%) Finance
7 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.10%) Legal
7 1 (1.10%) Local Government
7 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (27.47%) Lead
2 16 (17.58%) Analyst
3 11 (12.09%) Security Analyst
4 8 (8.79%) Architect
4 8 (8.79%) Security Manager
5 7 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 7 (7.69%) SOC Engineer
6 6 (6.59%) Security Architect
7 5 (5.49%) Consultant
7 5 (5.49%) Network Analyst
7 5 (5.49%) Network Security Analyst
8 4 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 4 (4.40%) SOC Analyst
8 4 (4.40%) Splunk Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Information Analyst
9 3 (3.30%) Information Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Information Security Analyst
9 3 (3.30%) Information Security Manager
9 3 (3.30%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) ModSecurity
2 2 (2.20%) .NET
2 2 (2.20%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.10%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.09%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (9.89%) Public Cloud
3 7 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (6.59%) Cloud Native
5 5 (5.49%) Management Information System
6 4 (4.40%) Cyberattack
6 4 (4.40%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (4.40%) PKI
6 4 (4.40%) Product Ownership
7 3 (3.30%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.30%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.20%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.20%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (2.20%) Insider Threat
8 2 (2.20%) IoT
9 1 (1.10%) BYOD
9 1 (1.10%) CCTV
9 1 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.10%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.79%) Linux
2 5 (5.49%) Windows
3 1 (1.10%) Android
3 1 (1.10%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (73.63%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (36.26%) Risk Management
3 26 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 25 (27.47%) Incident Response
5 24 (26.37%) Stakeholder Identification
6 16 (17.58%) Security Operations
6 16 (17.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 15 (16.48%) Threat Intelligence
8 14 (15.38%) Analytics
8 14 (15.38%) Cloud Security
8 14 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 14 (15.38%) SIEM
9 13 (14.29%) Threat Detection
10 12 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (12.09%) Penetration Testing
11 11 (12.09%) Security Architecture
12 10 (10.99%) Agile
12 10 (10.99%) Information Security
13 9 (9.89%) Computer Science
14 8 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.89%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (5.49%) Python
2 5 (5.49%) Search Processing Language
3 4 (4.40%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.10%) C
4 1 (1.10%) C++
4 1 (1.10%) Java
4 1 (1.10%) Perl
4 1 (1.10%) Ruby
4 1 (1.10%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 21 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 12 (13.19%) Degree
4 11 (12.09%) CISSP
4 11 (12.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 9 (9.89%) DV Cleared
6 8 (8.79%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (8.79%) CISM
7 7 (7.69%) CCNP
7 7 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (6.59%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.30%) CREST Certified
9 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.20%) CCSP
10 2 (2.20%) CEH
10 2 (2.20%) Master's Degree
10 2 (2.20%) OSCP
11 1 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.10%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (16.48%) NIST
3 8 (8.79%) NCSC
4 6 (6.59%) GDPR
5 4 (4.40%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (2.20%) HIPAA
7 2 (2.20%) PMO
7 2 (2.20%) SLA
8 1 (1.10%) COBIT
8 1 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (1.10%) GRC
8 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.10%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.10%) QA
8 1 (1.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (5.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.40%) Docker
2 4 (4.40%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.20%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (6.59%) Nessus
2 4 (4.40%) Ansible
2 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.40%) OPNET
2 4 (4.40%) Trend Micro Deep Security
3 2 (2.20%) PowerCLI
3 2 (2.20%) Terraform
4 1 (1.10%) HP Fortify
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.10%) Nmap
4 1 (1.10%) PaperCut
4 1 (1.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (27.47%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.29%) Splunk
3 10 (10.99%) Cisco
4 6 (6.59%) Atlassian
4 6 (6.59%) Juniper
4 6 (6.59%) Palo Alto
4 6 (6.59%) ScienceLogic
4 6 (6.59%) VMware
5 5 (5.49%) Google
6 3 (3.30%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.10%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.10%) ForeScout
7 1 (1.10%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.10%) HP
7 1 (1.10%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (1.10%) Qualys
7 1 (1.10%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.10%) Veeam
7 1 (1.10%) WatchGuard